Heligeiss painstakingly brushes calligraphy on error-prone scrolls, under the strict amusement and watchful eye of Galadin. Today’s daily lesson is missing a section on transmutation magic — a type of magic deemed useful as Heligeiss has not been instructed on combat magic. Galadin placed a curse on Heligeiss over ten ...

I haven't seen Disney's Wish because, I'll be honest, it didn't look appealing to me. I have though listened to a lot of critiques by people that have. Beyond the general ‘it isn’t what it could have been' consensus, one thing I saw as a ...

A kingdom of great fortune is about to suffer a loss of luck following a king's toast asking for misfortune to follow all of his kinsmen but never catch them. Immediately following the dinner celebration, the gentle, wise, and charming queen falls ill. A healer that resides in the ...

There's a specific type of movie “trick” where we'll see something that seems as though it's really happening. I mean, it seems like it's “really happening” within the movie.

For instance, it'll be some kind of elaborate action sequence, or horror sequence, or whatever, but ...

The forest hides and very dangerous secret… a great black wall, behind which is said to lurk and ancient race of snake people. But maybe that's just a silly folk tale? That's what Shera and Johnathan think anyway, as they hike through the sun dappled shade from the ...

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There are a lot of things that only exist in fiction and really don't have any basis in reality and yet we THINK they do! It's just that fiction has done such a great job ...

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When you're drawing people in a webcomic one of the common ways to indicate gender is by outfits, but why are clothes gendered at all and is that a constant?

Gendered clothing clothing is influenced by ...

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Rumours can be damaging stories deliberately spread to harm people, they can grow organically of their own accord. Salacious rumours replace truth and stick around in history ...

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We're talking about swearing! Swearing in comics, types of swearing, the use of swearing, causing offense, taking offense, swearing used as a term of endearment, and ...

This character can be insufferably annoying.

No, this character is insufferably annoying, but it's up to you whether that's to the other characters or the audience. When written correctly, the prattler can be comedy gold or a swift ticket to the most delicious kind of schadenfreude: watching the ...