Recent content by Ban

Camel-sized chicken is getting gobbled up by the gobbledygooks.

I reckon an elephant-sized chicken would already win against a thousand turkeys. If the giant chicken's size is randomized within the broad definition of "giant", than given the fact that its potential size is not capped and thus can extend into anything shy of infinity, there is a nigh infinite...

You didn't specify the size of the giant chicken, so I can simply imagine one of a galactic size that can eat the Milky Way and all turkeys within it whole.

The vote has been vetoed. You're not allowed to win deeply important arguments such as this one via deus ex machina. A Eurofighter Typhoon has been sent in to dispatch the T-rex.

Come to think of it, there's not much a hippopotamus could do against a rhinoceros charging at it with maximum speed. That horn ought to penetrate rather deeply, and even if it did not puncture the skin, it should stab deep enough to damage some organs. And because rhinos are significantly...

Are we now shaming pandas for choosing a life of harmony and non-violence? Born to be an apex carnivore, they collectively forewent slaughter and carnage to find balance in the bamboo. So harmonious even the herbal life suffers little under the gentle giant's reign, for bamboo is fast-growing...

Rest in peace to another legend. I saw the news as well. To bring some levity, I will never not crack up when hearing the perfectly campy performance he put on for Command & Conquer:

Coincidentally I happened to be sat outside listening to some Dolly Parton earlier today and now I read she has passed away. A downright shame, but a great thing she was here at all! Rest in peace to the legend. Time to listen to "coat of many colors" and "islands in the stream" yet again.

I wouldn't phrase it as such, but I do agree with pmmg's sentiment. In the past when it became apparent that celebrities hired ghost writers to write their books, we (fellow amateurs and few professionals alike) didn't refer to those celebrities as authors and placed rather little value on their...

In my subjective opinion bodybuilding reached its aesthetic peak on the eve of anabolic steroids' discovery. And from there on that pursuit has been afflicted with "enhancement", whereby the "bronze era" image of the past is continually superseded by forms which had no aesthetic need to be. In a...

I have tried other ways, but when it comes to stories and short stories I've succeeded at finishing, the dynamic between plot and world is like the Caduceus. One snake crawls upward and the other does so in parallel until at the end I have concocted a developed plot mirrored or backed by a...

Tall dwarves could be a useful way to showcase to readers how the dwarves differ from humans, besides their height. Perhaps the tall dwarf's head, brow, hands and feet could be abnormally large. Perhaps their chest and shoulders could be twice as wide. Overdeveloped traps, deeply sunken eyes...

Knowing the twists and turns ahead of time allows you to focus on elements that weren't central to you before. It can be enjoyable to go back and read into the prose, the pacing, the worldbuilding, the characterisation, etcetera, what wasn't visible to you on the first read. I don't often reread...

The purpose of writing is to be read, and some will always choose the cheapest option available to fulfill that purpose. If an author decides to offer their story in ebook format, which lends itself to piracy, then they should expect that eventuality. And besides, the fact that folks bother to...

"Web surfing" on the other hand is old enough to feel antiquated.