So, everyone’s heard of ‘character tropes’ at this point. It’s the situations, archetypes, and plot lines that you see repeatedly with different flavors. After what, the dawn of civilization people have been creating stories based on what they have read or experienced before. There is no escaping tropes, there is only becoming one. Or you […]
Damaged Hideo TriVi Die-Ve Eron The sun’s rays burn my skin. I’m meant for nocturnal life, as are the rest of my people, but we still have to push on. I have to walk the barren and steaming deserts to the frozen part of Acoustica that always faces away from the sun, where the water […]
Now, one of my favorite things to do as a writer is to break my characters, and by that I mean I like to kind of crack open a character, figuratively speaking… sometimes literally. Okay, a lot of times literally, but we’re strictly talking figuratively today… mostly. When I say break your characters, I mean […]
Tissue, Blood, and Bones Terra’rork “I don’t really think about it,” I tell my co-worker. We work at Hazman’s Emergency… it’s just a hospital, it’s name doesn’t matter. We’re in Aloy, the largest city above ground on Tora, the homeworld of the Techanots, and also a Regamorph colony. Worlds away from my partner, my children, […]
“Fight me then, if you’re ready to die.” Kion Smoulder, the Aurora Knight of King Mightus, 448 A.C.A. The trip back to the Icy Pearl Isles should been days at best, but when you have a Stormguard of the Wind powering your sales, you can reduce days to hours. Hours were still too long. Astrid […]
“You’d always think little of a journey if you jogged in place.” Astrid, 448 A.C.A. There was the smell of the ocean, and there was the scent of the water spraying all around you. As the aptly named Little Stinky trailed its wings just over the ocean’s surface, slicing through a few waves, Astrid basked […]
“You can’t tell the truth and hide from it.” Lucilla Indu Nero, 448 A.C.A. Whip. My flight is done. Malum’s wings gently set upon the ground inside the forest, right at it’s edge. The forest rested next to the beach, and rose high enough to hide his quick descent and silent landing. As he stepped […]
The Demons THE DIRECTOR This is going to go down as one of the smartest ideas I’ve ever had, or one of the dumbest. I can say for sure that it’s one of the craziest though. It definitely feels like it since I’m walking into the wolf den so to speak, or demon den to […]
Written by: Gerry Duggan Art by: Lucas Werneck Coloring by: Bryan Valenza Lettering by: VC’s Travis Lanham Edited by: Lauren Amaro, Jordan D. White The Fall of the House of X #1 is not House of X #1. It doesn’t feel like the beginning of the end of what that book established. Since House of […]
“There are no wings on this planet that weren’t meant to fly… except for penguins, they’re weird.” Azukai Mófǎ-rie , Archmage of Susanna, 253 A.C.A. Escaping out of the castle was easy. They anticipated that escaping from Shadestown would be much tougher. “They’ll have all the main roads blocked,” Jack warned them as he hugged […]