Why We Love To Watch A Hero Fall | On WritingHello Future Me2024-04-13 | READ MY PUBLISHED WORK + GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL II I https://linktr.ee/timhickson
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Stay nerdy! TimAvatar Yangchen’s SECRET Airbending AbilityHello Future Me2024-10-08 | READ MY PUBLISHED WORK + GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL II I https://linktr.ee/timhickson
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Stay nerdy! TimThe Fire Nation was Game of ThronesHello Future Me2024-09-26 | READ MY PUBLISHED WORK + GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL II I https://linktr.ee/timhickson
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Stay nerdy! TimAn AMAZING Cosmic Horror StoryHello Future Me2024-09-24 | READ MY PUBLISHED WORK + GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL II I https://linktr.ee/timhickson
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Stay nerdy! TimDid the Fire Nation hold war crimes trials?Hello Future Me2024-09-20 | READ MY PUBLISHED WORK + GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL II I https://linktr.ee/timhickson
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Stay nerdy! TimThis book BLEW my mindHello Future Me2024-09-18 | READ MY PUBLISHED WORK + GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL II I https://linktr.ee/timhickson
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Stay nerdy! TimRead THIS book if you like magic systemsHello Future Me2024-09-13 | READ MY PUBLISHED WORK + GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL II I https://linktr.ee/timhickson
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Stay nerdy! TimA NEW LOTR film is comingHello Future Me2024-09-10 | READ MY PUBLISHED WORK + GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL II I https://linktr.ee/timhickson
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Stay nerdy! TimThe Tragedy of the MonsterHello Future Me2024-08-30 | Go watch THE SOJOURN right now on Nebula right here go.nebula.tv/hellofutureme (seriously, you are missing out if you haven't yet)
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0:00 Intro 5:10 The Monster Reveals 15:40 Creating the Monster 23:50 The Monster We Believe 32:50 The Uncanny Valley 35:50 The Minotaur 47:30 The Demon Within
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Stay nerdy! TimHave you seen THIS trope before?Hello Future Me2024-07-02 | ...Your Worldbuilding Needs Weird MythsHello Future Me2024-06-22 | READ MY PUBLISHED WORK + GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL III https://linktr.ee/timhickson reviews are insanely valuable!
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Stay nerdy! TimThe False Horror of ImmortalityHello Future Me2024-06-08 | If you want to see more of my work like this, your support on Patreon is so so important patreon.com/hellofutureme thank you if you already do!
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Sources: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan The Orchard of Tomorrow by Kelsea Yu "The deadliest infectious disease isn’t a science problem. It’s a money problem" by John Green, The Washington Post The Immortal by Jorge Luis Borges The Markupulos Case by Carel Capek The Sandman by Neil Gaiman "Existentialism and the Desirability of Immortality" by Adam Buben, Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy Being and Nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre 17776 by Jon Bois The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus Diaspora by Greg Egan Permutation City by Greg Egan Zima Blue by Alistair Reynolds The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Dark Souls developed by FromSoftware Elden Ring developed by FromSoftware Sekiro developed by FromSoftware Before I Forget developed by 3-Fold Games Manifold Garden developed by William Chyr Long Art by Solar Sands
0:00 Intro 1:50 A Tarnished Thing 8:00 A Corrupt Thing 16:20 A Nostalgic Thing 26:20 Do Not Go Gently Into That Goodnight 30:50 An Immortal Thing 40:30 The Dying of the Light
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Stay nerdy! TimUnnecessary Redemption Arcs and the Rise of Character LaunderingHello Future Me2024-05-18 | Go watch THE SOJOURN right now on Nebula right here go.nebula.tv/hellofutureme (seriously, you are missing out if you haven't yet)
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Stay nerdy! TimBaldurs Gate but CHAT DECIDES EVERYTHING for charityHello Future Me2024-05-17 | The world is going through a lot right now, and the best thing we can do is get the money to the right people helping those suffering the most. I'll be donating to Doctors Without Borders, and I'd like you to join me.Frieren BREAKS MY HEARTHello Future Me2024-05-14 | ...How Amon Really Took Bending Away | Legend of KorraHello Future Me2024-05-11 | ...TEST LIVESTREAM WILL THIS WORK?Hello Future Me2024-05-05 | wooooooooh cupcakes?When Hard Magic Systems Go WRONGHello Future Me2024-05-03 | ...How To Resurrect A Character (and not suck!) | On WritingHello Future Me2024-04-27 | Check out BRILLIANT at my link brilliant.org/HelloFutureMe where you can learn well... whatever you choose to! That's the brilliant thing about it
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0:00 Intro 6:27 Lord of the Borings 22:50 Silmareally Bad Pacing 32:30 The Southlands Sucks 44:10 Dany Kinda Forgot 52:10 tHe sEa Is alWAys rIgHT 1:07:20 The Murder Hobbits 1:15:20 Theyre Takin Our Jerbs 1:19:50 Who has a better story? 1:25:43 Who Killed Rings of Mediocrity? 1:49:40 The Dark Horses 2:14:50 Was Rings a Success?
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0:00 Intro 1:30 The Good 6:40 The Bad 15:30 The Okay
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Stay nerdy! TimAvoid THESE words in your writingHello Future Me2024-02-09 | get my writing and worldbuilding books here! https://linktr.ee/timhicksonWhat happened to the FIFTH NATION in Avatar the last airbender?Hello Future Me2024-02-07 | ...Avatar Will Always Be EPICHello Future Me2024-02-05 | ...EXPOSITION doesn’t have to be BORINGHello Future Me2024-02-03 | get my writing and worldbuilding books here! https://linktr.ee/timhicksonThe BEST writing tip for SCARY scenes #writing #horror #booktok #authortube #author #writingtipsHello Future Me2024-01-31 | get my writing and worldbuilding books here! https://linktr.ee/timhickson