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It seems like every single “badass” in TV, Movies, books and comics is “ex-special forces” or something like it these days. It's become a meaningless cliche. Writers use it as a shortcut to show ...

Katya is training to be a Grim Reaper, taken under the wing of the skeletal instructor, Comrade Reaper. Tucked away in the hidden rooms of the Wallachian Library lies an unbreakable glass box containing the once living body of Bolshevik leader, Vladimir Lenin. “This was Stalin’s idea, I’m ...

Photo: “Chapter 2 Cover”. Withdrawn created by Casscade. (January 2023)

Casscade writes:

"Hey guys! Looking to add background cameos for some upcoming scenes that'll involve a restaurant, bar, and train.

What I'm looking for:

-Character has to be human.

-Character has to be 21+.

-Character has to wear ...

Maple, the daughter Cara, is celebrating her eighteenth birthday and her grandfather, the Professor, has a very special pocket watch to deliver that will ensure the current generation’s future. It has been thirty two years since The Wickcroft Incident when the same demon who turned Burnsville into a smoking ...

Hex, Nemo, and Warren find themselves in a palace suspended in mid-air with little recollection of their former lives or previous identities. Greeted by the whimsical Mr. Orion, dressed in the finest mint green suit while floating down with a handful of balloons, the trio is offered employment by the ...

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I remembered that a promised Quackcast was AI: slavery for artists and creators.
This is an important subject to cover especially from this angle.

It's slavery because it uses our creative products as fuel for it ...

Veteran Arch is supervising hopeful recruit, Zaan, during his final evaluation of ranger training. Arch has high hopes and expectations for Zaan, but sometimes, the best laid plans of foxes and wolves often go awry. Zaan is thrown a curve ball when he lands an assignment to explore the Grimlands ...

For those who don’t know, having a hypothesis means assuming or entertaining a theoretical possibility. We see this be applied to fictional stories time and time again, particularly those that tries to paint a picture of a future society. Star Trek for example can be seen as a massive ...

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Drawing fight scenes is damn hard! One of the best ways to deal with this is to use references, but that's hard too because it's a pain to find the ones you need! So today ...

The advent of AI has started to finally come into the field of art and expression. No longer is it there only to help us with the menial tasks, the repetitive stuff, the uninspired stuff so we, humans, can be freed up to engage in the intuitive expression of any ...