Scribbled Fiction

I first noticed this whole thing while watching Avatar: The Last Airbender(also known as one of the best written shows I've ever seen). Specifically, I noticed something about Prince Zuko, the antiheroic, morally ambiguous ex-prince who is chasing down for Aang most of the show. Granted, Zuko is AngstBoi extraordinaire, but something about him was just. . . different. Better. Even the way the artists made him move and pose seemed somehow more true to life than the other characters. And that's when I first started noticing all the stuff that I'm going to talk about today. I think he definitely looked his best when he had hair like this. Antiheroes are written to be attractive. Deep in our minds, we already know that antiheroes are the cool ones, the favorites, so when we write our own, that's how they come out on the page. But there's even more than that. Antiheroes are also written in a more realistic light than most of the other characters, especially if the antihe...

No but really, I do this. I will watch the whole movie or read the whole book just to experience one sweet, sweet moment of the whole thing. Out of context, it would make no sense and have no impact. I need to watch the whole thing  in order to experience it again. I have no idea if anyone else has reached this level of obsession over just a couple seconds of experience, but if you also do this, let me know in the comments, just so I know I'm not insane. Anyways here they are: When Jonas witnesses death for the first time in the memories ( The Giver ) Just the raw emotion and the innocent horror on his face... I mean I like it for dark reasons but it's a good scene 'I've got my spaceship, I've got my boys, my work here is done' ( The Vampires of Venice ) Because of the beautiful attitude 👌 Po's full memories coming back to him in the burned village ( Kung Fu Panda II ) So so so cool Holly fixing up the toy shop and making it awesome ( Holly Claus ) The abso...

Has anyone else noticed how a lot of the new Disney and Pixar movies lately just don't seem to... sit right? I finish the movie and don't feel as satisfied and amazed as I used to be with Disney movies. Obviously, some of that could be blamed on me getting older and having higher expectations for movies than I used to, or being nostalgic about the older stuff. You could say that. But the more I think about it, the more I think it's the themes  of the movies that I'm not liking. Now THIS film was a masterpiece First, let's talk about themes. Themes are so important in every story. What's the takeaway you want the audience to have from this story? If you want the movie to be on their mind all day, what message do you want them to be pondering as they do? What mark do you want to leave on them? The theme is that message and mark. A good theme will impact the audience in a serious way, making them reconsider the way they think about something or sometimes even chang...

It's a commonly known fact that I treat my characters well, at all times, and don't ever have anything bad happen to them. ^-^ In fact, there's probably no one in the world that my characters love more, including their own love interests. Huh, where did those love interests go now? Haha, they always seem to be disappearing. Who knows where they go? Definitely not into a dark pit of torture! My character definitely don't  hate me because: Nothing bad ever happens to them. Nothing, ever. They live lives of happiness and relaxation, all thanks to me. When bad things somehow do  happen to them, I always give them plenty of time to recover.  How are they going to get over the trauma if I burn down their houses first, you know? How sad it would be if I just piled countless bad things on them from beginning to end with all of one scene in which nothing goes wrong? All the other characters are always their friends.  And would never hunt them for sport, either. ^-^ There is ...

Wow, what a month. I'm fairly certain that December was the only month this year that felt like the length a month is supposed to be, not feeling like 2 days or 8 years(I'm looking at you, March). After everything that 2020 brought me, I was determined that I was gonna feel  the Christmas, baby. I wanted to enjoy this season and not feel like I was screaming all the way through. And I feel like I did that pretty well. But for the sake of not putting everything that needs to go into the 'life' section up here the way I always do, we're gonna cut this introduction short and just get to the content. Let's go! Writing? What is writing? But seriously. After how stressed I was in October through November, I opted to take a writing break in December. In the time in between finishing NaNoWriMo on December 6th(I think?), I wrote all of a few blog posts and one random short story that probably none of you will ever read. Do I feel a little guilty for losing that much writ...