Today’s Character Deep Dive is on an antagonist!
We’re looking at Raidon Yamamura from Used Books by the amazingly proliferate Vickie Boutwell!
Used Books is a crime-noir thriller involving the story of Kaida, an ex-assassin from a highly dangerous network of organized crime and the different people surrounding ...
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Character Deep Dive: Raidon from Used Books
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Last time I wrote about villains making amends, after they decide to change their ways, flip sides, or generally become support to the protagonist, rather than the antagonist.
But for them to get there, there has to first come the realization that they are the villain of their story. And ...
Making Amends
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 1, 2024
So your villain has just made a heel-face turn and is now one of the good guys. Yay!
…not so fast!
The moment where an antagonist turns on their own side and joins that of the protagonists is extremely powerful. But unless it is part of the overall story's ...
Money
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 9, 2024
Money is the biggest generalized conditioned reinforcer or, in layman's terms, something that makes you do things because you've learned it's going to give you the good times. Whatever those good times are for you.
That's how money has always made the world go round since ...
AI, Comics, and DD
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 25, 2023
You might have noticed a forum thread discussing whether AI comics should be hosted on the Duck. As always, big decisions on TOS or policy are discussed with the community on the Duck before we take any decisions. Whether DD will be hosting AI comics or not is one such ...
Strong and Powerful... Together
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 9, 2023
The sheer power of a good team is so defining that it's a trope. Some of the most iconic characters and beloved personalities have emerged from stories featuring teams of main characters.
Each of them are vital to the story, each of them contribute both in terms of the ...
On plot armor
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 8, 2023
Ok yes. Plot armor in general is considered a mistake. With good reason. Enough plot armor and there are no stakes left in your plot, and the audience isn't worried your plot-armored characters may not make it. And if there's no suspense, there's no engagement or the ...
It's Christmas Eve!
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 24, 2022
Over here in Greece, it's Christmas Caroling day and also Day We Officially Start Eating Ourselves Into a Coma!
I hope however you're observing your Christmas Eve, that you have a good time, or a calm time, or a rejuvenating time with those you want around you but ...
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 ...
CREATOR PROFILE: John Byrne
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 15, 2022
JOHN BYRNE
When I first became seriously interested in comics, John Byrne was at the top of my favorite artist list. He drew many of the classic “new” X-Men books, and was the artist on that series when it first became massively popular. The stories Byrne drew (and co-plotted along ...