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  • ludwig1beethoven
    ludwig1beethoven posted the portfolio entry QUO VADIS in Short Stories.
    15 of Bathier 2271 from Descent of Prophets My name is Beniamino Corsakino, I am a traveler and explorer, and I think I've gone mad. Or...
  • ludwig1beethoven
    ludwig1beethoven created the portfolio Tales of Oynuyor.
    A collection of stories about happenings and occurrences in Disc World Oynuyor
  • Naomi_Writes
    Naomi_Writes posted the thread Intro in Introductions.
    Hello, It's Naomi here. Newbie
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    MSadiq replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.
    I think it's more accurate to say that he was fond of anything that's traditional of England, not in any xenophobic way. As a matter of...
  • CupofJoe
    CupofJoe replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.
    That was one of the [few] bits of the film World War Z. Okay we know Brad Pitt is The Hero, but we are introduced to the hot-shot...
  • Queshire
    Queshire replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.
    Humans as a species naturally look for patterns in things. Know the sort of patterns the audience is familiar with because of what...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.
    A trope is not an interchangeable part. It is just the result that some people read something, and think they've seen something similar...
  • Naruzeldamaster
    Naruzeldamaster replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.
    To me a Trope is like a tool, used correctly it can be enjoyed despite however old or however used it is. But I don't think we should...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.
    There are made of nothing. Its like looking at a fish that is blue and saying, oh, I've seen a fish, all fish are blue. The bigger...
  • LittleOwlbear
    LittleOwlbear replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.
    Yeah, he did refuse for a long time, but he wouldn't had a realistic chance to step out of it. Being made responsible for a life path...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.
    He may have been. And I am sure he had his reasons. There is good and bad in everything. A Monarchy may solve some problems and open...
  • Queshire
    Queshire replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.
    Tolkien was supposedly quite fond of monarchy, or rather, he didn't trust anyone that went about seeking power for themselves and kings...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.
    A story about putting the right person on the throne seems like a worthy endeavor to me, given there are worthy circumstances around it...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Overthinking Worldbuilding?.
    As Skip said. World Building is part of the whole...if in fact you are trying to write. Kind of why I keep saying Story trumps World...
  • pmmg
    pmmg replied to the thread Tired of using the same word.
    You have a personal distaste for the word?
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