• Edward and Alphonse Elric: How to Create Believable Brothers in Fiction

    Edward and Alphonse Elric: How to Create Believable Brothers in Fiction

    Portraying a realistic familial relationship in fiction can be a lot more challenging than people think. Especially when it comes to the dynamic between siblings. A lot of stories tend to simplify the relationship, with each interaction between the brothers being simple, one-note interactions. Very rare is it that a story can capture the complexities…

  • The Man in the Brown Suit: A Totally Not Toxic Relationship

    Aw… no Papa Poirot this time. Damn. Oh well. I’m sure our new main character can command the spotlight like he did. Anne Beddingfeld, our new protagonist, is made an orphan after her archeologist father’s sudden death. Yearning for adventure, she makes her way to London, where she works to pay her bills. One day,…

  • Giants (Part 1): General Lore

    Boulders assailed our walls and cast them down, leavin’ gaps through which the giants strode, weapons in hand. Captain Dwern Addleston’es partial account of the Siege of Sterngate Ah, giants. Another staple of the fantasy genre. Which means that, once again, we’re doing a multiparter! Cause guess how many varieties they put into this one…

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Mess

    *Insert obligatory “J.K. Rowling is a terrible person” line here*. We all know it, let’s move on. This is, without debate, the most important movie in the Harry Potter franchise. Granted, it kind of got handed that for free; this is the one where Voldemort gets revived, after all. But it’s not just that. This…

  • Chapter 37: Monster

    Energia: Titans of VeritàTable of Contents (For Catching Up) Eitan was coming to like his new sniper rifle very much. He never thought he’d care for a weapon. Those were for killing. If there was one thing Eitan Avidan hated, it was killing. When he first decided to become an Operative, he had dreaded having…