The Inquisitive Inkpot
Exploring Tales and the Art of Telling
Tag: loyalty
The Subtle Power of Dog stories
Every time I read a book or watch a movie that’s a “dog story,” I am 90% more likely to cry. Can you relate? Maybe it’s that the dog almost invariably dies. Or maybe it’s that the dog reminds me of my dog. Or… Continue Reading “The Subtle Power of Dog stories”
Less than Friends, More than Rivals
I’ve spent the past three weeks unpacking the character foils found in the TV series The Last Kingdom, and I promise next week we’ll move on to something else. 🙂 But I couldn’t help spending one more post on perhaps the most central foil… Continue Reading “Less than Friends, More than Rivals”
Good guys, bad guys: what’s the real difference?
Do you ever stop and think about what exactly it is that makes one character a hero and another a villain? It’s easy to chock it up to a good vs. evil conrast, but it seems that the more complex and realistic the characters… Continue Reading “Good guys, bad guys: what’s the real difference?”
