There's few moments more dramatic than when the hero gets hurt. The more serious the injury (or illness or poisoning or other type of affliction) the higher the drama.
And from that drama (the hurt) comes the period of treatment, convalescence, and recovery (the comfort). This is a plot ...
Hurt and Comfort
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 13, 2024Cheers for the 20th Anniversary of Nocturne 21!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 4, 2023
Photo: “Part 11”. Original characters and story created by GrapeApe. Nocturne 21. (November 2023)
Anniversary Milestone
Here is a message from GrapeApe, creator of Nocturne 21:
Hi!
November 22nd marked the 20th anniversary of my comic Nocturne 21! Twenty years ago my angsty teenage self picked up a crappy composition ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Sell Outs
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 22, 2023
A crew of bandmates called “The Sellouts”: Leo the lead vocals and ukulele; Ariel the bass; Gulliver the horn; Gene the drummer; and Kei Zheng on keyboards. Favorite fan of the band Skuncle, also known as Barry Jackson, loves attending shows and is an older than dirt multi-instrumentalist great at ...
More Than Human
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 12, 2021
Ideas both big and deep can - and has - been explored in Sci Fi. Some themes that have resonated with me include ‘What it Means to be Human’. This could be said to be the point of ALL fiction in a way I suppose. But to explore humanity through the lens ...
Archetypes Through a Psych Lens: Bringing it all together
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 24, 2021
It's finally done! We've gone through the basics of each psychology school of thought when it comes to personality theories. Each theory brings its own aspects of what makes human beings be the way they are. It could be described like each theory describes one facet of a ...
Archetypes Through a Psych Lens: Psychodynamics
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 20, 2021
When talking about personality, one must mention Freud.
pictured here with a small cigar.
Yes, even me. (Anyone who knows me knows I'm not a fan)
Despite my personal thoughts about his theory, mad props and respect has to be given to Sigmund Freud for being one of the ...
The dance of chemistry
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 12, 2021
When it comes to characters and their arcs, their relationships, or more specifically, their chemistry, has a large role to play in how they develop. From day to day we absorb and reflect the behaviours, views and values of those we interact with, be that at work or school or ...
Wounded Characters
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 25, 2020
There is a reason why in fanfiction archives there's a whole category of stories called “hurt/comfort”, where one of the main characters of a specific IP is injured, and others (usually an unlikely person or whoever the author is shipping with the injured one) have to take care ...
Too Hot For TV
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 5, 2019
Game of (Sticks and) Stones
I heard about the new Dave Chappelle special, Sticks and Stones, and couldn't wait to finish the long work day to get home and watch it.
A lot of it was hysterical and I was laughing loudly, sounding like some kind of sick donkey ...
Quackast 391 - personality mix group dynamics
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 11, 2018 LISTEN!
This Quackcast was based on an idea from Banes. We chat about designing a group of characters with complementary temperaments. In Banes' own words:
“I like the idea of the line between a logical, left brained person and a creative, right brained person, crossed with a spectrum of a ...