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TV Tropes Monday: Decapitated Army
Tweet of the Day: The Power of Partnership ——- “Cut the Head of the Snake, and the Body will Follow.” This is today’s trope in a nutshell. It is as true in fiction as in real life that if you take out the leadership of an army, it will inevitably collapse. And by true I […]
Wizard’s World War(s.3) Dispatch 26: The End of the Beginning (P.1)
Tweet of the Day: Science in Fantasy Novels Is More Accurate Than in Science Fiction ——- Season 1 & 2 – Season 3 Premiere – Dispatch 25 – Dispatch 27 ——- Catania, Pruvincia di Catania, Regione Siciliana, Rebupplica italiana, 12 October, 21:26 hrs +1 GMT The principals crowded around the rickety table in the […]
Lessons from the Aether: Fan Fiction and Keeping Your Characters in Context
Tweet of the Day: The Yorkshire Enchantress ——- For many characters are the point of contact with the story. They are the people that make a narrative come alive. They live vicariously through them: they visit new worlds, conquer their fears, defeat mighty foes, suffer their tragedies, and aspire to be better than […]
TV Tropes Monday: Death is Cheap
Tweet of the Day: Understanding Character Wounds: A List of Common Themes ——- A beloved character dies. There is much angst, wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Then the character comes back from the dead. Just like, new as as rain, smelling the roses, and back into the action. Welcome to a world where […]
Mass Effect/AEC: Salarian Military Doctrine (2)
Tweet of the Day: Thoughts on a TV Show I Watched When I was 14 ——- Excerpt from Modern Galactic War by Paul Malthus, 3rd Edition , Made available for Extranet Scholastic Use by The Institute of War and Diplomacy, Vancouver Metroplex, North American Union, Earth, 2190 (1st Edition published by Banabar Books in […]
Mass Effect/AEC: Salarian Military Doctrine
Tweet of the Day: Saf of the River: Chaucer, Watling and the Russian Tsar ——– Excerpt from Modern Galactic War by Paul Malthus, 3rd Edition , Made available for Extranet Scholastic Use by The Institute of War and Diplomacy, Vancouver Metroplex, North American Union, Earth, 2190 (1st Edition published by Banabar Books in 2184). Salarian […]
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Space for Rent: The Internet as a Self-Demonstrating Article
Tweet of the Day: Women Destroy Science Fiction: Texts in Coversation ——- This one will be short, I promise. Wait long enough around any social site, specially one with a comment section and it turns into a self-demonstrating article. Write a post about racism? Racist show up to spew racist slurs or deny […]