New: tropesAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krsteemhive-166405zzanhive-183959hive-180932hive-150122hive-185836photographyuncommonlablifehive-183397hive-144064hive-188619bitcoinhive-101145hive-139150krsuccesshive-124908hive-103599hive-180301hive-109690hive-106183TrendingNewHotLikersarbitration (78)in politics • 7 months ago"Our politicians are literally owned by AIPAC."The left has a cottage industry of investigating the origins of words and phrases and condemning those with bigoted origins. For example, I was recently warned against using the term "going native"…internutter (69)in fiction • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Challenge #02474-F284: Conceptual PretzelThe mysterious mentor, the hero's best friend, a cast of stock characters to pad out the story. Have fun or not and pick one with a twist. -- Knitnan [AN: If you're inserting stock characters…vaughndemont (63)in anime • 7 years agoDeconstructing an Anime Manic Pixie Dream GirlSource Manic Pixie… what? In 2007, a film critic for The A.V. Club, Nathan Rabin, began a running feature he titled “My Year of Flops”, where he would examine movies that financially or…adamwebb (26)in kennethburke • 7 years agoA Read-Through of Kenneth Burke’s “The Rhetoric of Hitler’s Battle”For the original blog on Minds.com - For the full script - ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFShavok777 (68)in brainwashed • 7 years agoGotta Even Fight Back Movies To Not Be Brainwashed By The TropesThe pure embodiment of the trope! Human robots, switches turning on and off. Act like opinion matters, don't like this, only like this. What am I a run ragged individual after all! The romantic…boldnessofsouls (18)in pingpong • 7 years agoHow Ping Pong Uses a Hero Story As Its BasisAs the title indicates, this post is about how Ping Pong uses a conventional hero, in an unconventional way mind you, as a means to tell its story. It does this by taking the tropes of generic hero…jacobtothe (70)in games • 7 years agoRole Playing Gamer ArchetypesContrary to some paranoid religious groups, Dungeons and Dragons is not Introductory Satanism 101; and contrary to popular culture depictions, gamers aren't all a bunch of maladjusted nerds. I do…cheah (69)in writing • 8 years agoTired Tropes: It’s Only A Flesh WoundYou’ve seen versions of the scene a hundred times before. Our Hero is engaged in a gunfight with The Villain. The Villain takes a potshot at Our Hero. Our Hero staggers. When his sidekick catches up…cheah (69)in writing • 8 years agoHow Realistic Should A Story Be?On Facebook, indie thriller group Brass Catchers asked the following question: What may strike me as an offensive oversight of a key feature or fact may not even register on another reader’s…cheah (69)in writing • 8 years agoTired Tropes: The Superpowered LoserEverybody knows That Guy. He’s in the corner in the dorky clothes, his eyes always trained on the floor, either mumbling in hesitant whispers or holding court in long droning tirades. He holds a…cheah (69)in writing • 8 years agoTired Tropes: The Potato ProtagonistIf a potato has more personality than the protagonist of a story, the writer is doing it wrong. The best stories are driven by their characters. The best characters aren't two-dimensional…leta-blake (60)in reading • 8 years agoS’up with Leta Blake? Let’s Catch Up! Part One – #KU #newrelease #wakeupmarriedThis is Leta Blake. The author of the below books. And I have copied this info over from my usual blog. I'm transitioning things here instead of there. Anyway, I've had a pretty dang busy year in…
