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Fiction has the ability to convey a million different ideas to a million different people. Here, we understand stories as not only what it tried to be, but what it means to us, and what it could be in the future. Learn how far the concept of capturing a scene can be pushed by some of the greatest minds in history and some of the most forward-thinking people who shaped history within the last century and gave us the modern world as it is.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Dec 7, 2021
- 5 min
Attack on Titan: One Life
There are few shows that highlight the difficult choice of weighing one life against another better than Attack on Titan.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Nov 19, 2021
- 6 min
The Central Relationship: Hugging It Out
It is important for writers to establish their central relationships, including the friends, the mentors and the rival.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Nov 4, 2021
- 5 min
The Avatar, The Firelord and The Throne that Corrupts
The duality between our two protagonist and within Zuko himself is further put to test through the tale of Roku and Sozin.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Oct 28, 2021
- 7 min
Television Perfection of The Southern Raiders
The idea that any character in Avatar lacks emotional depth is crazy, and that applies strongly to Katara.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Oct 18, 2021
- 4 min
The Downfall of the Detective
Two of the most intriguing stories ever told. The detectives' demise brings forth an ocean of tragedy and hate.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Oct 8, 2021
- 5 min
Undying Optimism Veiling Tragedy
An exploration into optimism as a coping mechanism.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Sep 25, 2021
- 7 min
Avatar and The Dysfunctionality of Fatherhood
War is hardly a place where parenting becomes easier, and it gave one of the finest show ever made a deeper thematic layer.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Sep 1, 2021
- 25 min
The Last of Us: Processing Grief (Ellie)
We have seen regression and we have seen self-destructive loathing, but how does Ellie react to her systemic losses?
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Sparsh Sharma
- Aug 27, 2021
- 11 min
The Last of Us: Processing Grief (Abby)
Instead of grief being resolved through attachment, how does resolution through identity work?
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Sparsh Sharma
- Aug 22, 2021
- 8 min
The Last of Us: Processing Grief (Joel)
How far can grief get us to go along with immorality?
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Sparsh Sharma
- Aug 2, 2021
- 6 min
The Anti-Hero Reimagined as a Villain
Rather than seeing an anti-hero in a purely sympathetic light, what if we acknowledged the moral complexity of simply existing and justice?
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Sparsh Sharma
- Jul 20, 2021
- 5 min
Sokka: Mastering your Wound
One of the most compelling characters in the ATLAverse is defined by his intellectual development through the show.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Jun 21, 2021
- 4 min
Life is Strange and the Lineage of Corruption
There are a few big players who make Arcadia Bay a city of sinners to be purged by a storm.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Apr 6, 2021
- 3 min
Ron Swanson and Coping with Abandonment
Was Ron's motivations during the final season of Parks and Recreation a result of plot necessity, or has it been built carefully throughout?
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Sparsh Sharma
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
Azula's Fragile Strength (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
The most intimidating and active villain in Avatar loses the same way any powerful entity does: through internal dysfunction.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Jan 1, 2021
- 5 min
The Anatomy of a Mentor
Writing a flawed mentor is not an easy task in context of a flowing narrative, so let's appreciate a few who got it right.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Nov 22, 2020
- 9 min
The Last of Us Part II: Nightmares and Memories
An understanding of the sequel game's most powerful narrative tool.
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Sparsh Sharma
- Oct 24, 2020
- 3 min
Bojack Horseman: Living Under a Spotlight
Bojack Horseman has lived his life under a spotlight. How did this affect his life, and how did his life change without it?
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Sparsh Sharma
- Sep 16, 2020
- 5 min
Bojack Horseman's three finales
Bojack Horseman is a phenomenon of a show and could have one of three endings.
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