Maya, Dylan, and Ian turn the spotlight on the hit animated series Arcane.

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Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by Jaye to talk about Magic: the Gathering's "color pie" philosophy, and how you can use it in your writing to help develop your characters, their values, and even their conflicts.

The "Two Color Paladins" post referenced in the episode can be found here: https://www.tumblr.com/asteroidtroglodyte/721259610356547584/a-quick-tour-of-2-color-paladins

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Maya, Dylan, and Ian discuss character design—not necessarily in terms of how they look, but in how you can give them a distinct and coherent personality.

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The Fanfiction Tapes is back for season 3! On this episode, Maya and Ian are joined by Riley to talk about the importance of diversity in your characters.

You can find Riley's work at https://www.rileyquinnthefool.com/.

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On this, our final episode of season 2, Ian is taking over the show to introduce Maya to the first book series to hijack his brain: Animorphs.

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Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by Michael to talk about the trope of Dramatic Irony. What is dramatic irony, and how can you use it in your own writing?

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Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by Wolf to talk about tragic heroes. Does a character have to be the main character to be a tragic hero? Do they even have to be heroic?

You can listen to Wolf's other podcasts, the Berkcast and the Outcast, here: https://www.youtube.com/@berkcast4401

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Dylan, and Ian are joined by Helena (@a_mellowtea on Twitter, edelweiss on Discord) to talk about the genre of Tragedy, from the Classical Greek works like Oedipus and Antigone, through Shakespeare's Macbeth, to modern tragedies like Revenge of the Sith and Arcane.

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Maya and Ian are joined by Nat to talk about tragedy, drama, and angst, and how these three similar-feeling concepts overlap and differ.

You can find Nat’s works on AO3 here.

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Today Maya and Ian lose their gourds over What Moves the Dead, a novella by T. Kingfisher retelling the gothic horror classic short story The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe in a more grounded and queer fashion.

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