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Samuel Peterson is on page 59 of 160 of Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Married With Children
So, MJ doesn't know?! What were those looks then? Those words before?
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 58 of 160 of Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Married With Children
Again, Spidey-Sense. Although in this situation, it's more like "Daddy-Sense." I just love her little face.
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Samuel Peterson is on page 56 of 160 of Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Married With Children
Where's your Spidey-Sense? Idiot. Lol
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 123 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
Now the discussion of vehicles and what characters ride as being an extension of themselves remind me of Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Those fandoms and the genres they are in put those sorts of concepts into prominence, and therefore, we are drawn to the vehicles and the characters who use them.
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Samuel Peterson is on page 121 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
These questions of weapons and how they are treated by the characters, their connections to the weapon or weapons, and how it says about them, reminds me of the Sequel Trilogy and how they treated Anakin's/Luke's lightsaber. How those moments are written is also an extension of how the writer and director treats those weapons.
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 117 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
"There is a moment in every gladiator story where they bring out the big wheel of weapons, and dramatically say to the gladiators, 'Choose your weapon.' There's a reason that moment works so well. Every weapon on that rack tells a story. In that moment, fighters navigate the specific kinds of offense and defense offered by each weapon, and how they might counter one another. What they're doing...is signaling intent"
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 113 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
"As the saying goes, 'The clothes make the person.' But that's only part of the story. What you wear, what you ride, what you spend your money on—every one of these reveals so much about you. What you own signals who you want to project into the world. Whether that version of yourself is real or fabricated...either way, it's incredibly telling." There's also the phrase from Kingsman: "Manners maketh Man."
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 53 of 160 of Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Married With Children
"If the life you had stolen from you twenty years ago was suddenly given back to you, are you obligated to try and relive some version of it? Because if you did feel like you had to relive that life, wouldn't you just be twenty years behind the curve for...forever or something like that? I mean, I'm a smart guy, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to do now." Usually it's Uncle Ben telling him. Who's it this time?
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Samuel Peterson is on page 51 of 160 of Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Married With Children
Some things never change, no matter which universe. Like Peter taking photos of himself as Spider-Man and selling it to the Bugle, even if JJJ isn't there.
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Samuel Peterson is on page 99 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
"What Would Make Them Happy?: One Perfect Day."
Or, in the case of the Joker, one bad day.
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 93 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
"How equipped is your character to fulfill their purpose or destiny?" When it comes to these modern writers who write $#!++ characters as leads, they are equipped with everything handed to them on a silver platter. No need to train, to be better, to work hard, they already have what they need, and it's enough to succeed! /s As long as you are born a particular color or sex, as long as you aren't emotional, you're gr8
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 90 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
Considering that I don't play poker enough to learn tells, I don't think these questions and prompts would be all that helpful unless they're telegraphed very prominently.
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 87 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
Face-planting, missing deadlines, conned, losing money, losing a quest, and other mistakes? Nah, those are not considered by writers of these toxic female leads.
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Samuel Peterson is on page 85 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
"You can't win 'em all. It's inevitable. Sooner or later, you're going to fall flat on your face. Everyone does it, and they learn to live with it to varying degrees. For some, it's a blessing and a learning opportunity. For others, it's ruination and blight as far as eye can see. Which leads to a central question: what does failure represent for your character?" Clearly writers of toxic female leads didn't know this
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 77 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
"Define what's worth fighting for. Put yourself in your character's shoes. What's their motivating force?"
In Mulan, it's "a girl worth fighting for!"
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 73 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
The third wrestling reference in this book. Of course it's the section on fighting style.
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 72 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
Of course you would freeze when it comes to a bee. That's how you stop it from stinging you! You wouldn't get aggressive and you wouldn't run either.
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 69 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
"There are three basic ways someone reacts in a desperate situation: fight (the physical need for immediate action), flight (the overwhelming need to escape, and escape now), or freeze (locking up and failing to do anything). The following questions are designed to explore when your character experiences each of these reactions, and how these responses manifest in your character." I'm reminded of HP with the troll.
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 46 of 160 of Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Married With Children
I thought MJ knew. I'm starting to have my doubts now.
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Samuel Peterson is on page 39 of 160 of Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Married With Children
An interesting and unique start to Spider-Man. We're dealing with an adult who is having an identity crisis, and so the message of becoming a hero has to be treated differently as opposed to when he was a teenager. It's a choice of destiny rather than destiny being thrust upon him.
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 37 of 160 of Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Married With Children
I don't think I've ever seen a Tony Stark this young. No goatee!
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 60 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
"There is an understandable impulse to stick within your character's given genre/universe/setting when building playlists. Fantasy characters get sweeping orchestral soundtracks; western characters get country and western music; sci-fi characters get synth and techno. Explore what happens when you step outside of those genre lines." My characters have a combination of orchestral, folk, rock, and alternative in theirs
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 60 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
"Few things bring a character to life quite like the perfect soundtrack. Finding the right musical vibe deepens the understanding of your own characters. Not just the music they listen to, but the music that embodies them on a fundamental level. Once you have that soundtrack in mind, you can use it to visualize how they speak, how they walk, and how the room changes when they arrive." I actually do this. It's fun!
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 35 of 160 of Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Married With Children
"Go get 'em, Tiger." And with that MJ already knows that something is up with Peter. About who he really is. It wasn't some dramatic reveal. It wasn't some discovery on her part. The writers have implied that they've already had the discussion, had the reveal, it wasn't a big deal, and we're moving on to more important matters. The big reveal and discovery moments will be saved for the kids.
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 31 of 160 of Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. 1: Married With Children
If I ever have kids, I want them to be as smart and cheeky as Peter's. In any of the universes.
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Samuel Peterson is on page 444 of 1040 of The Legend of Drizzt, Book IV
Looks like Wulfgar's old job is about to get wrecked by him along with the owner, who used to think of him as a friend.
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The Legend of Drizzt, Book IV

Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 59 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
This is the second pro-wrestling reference that the author has made in this book so far. I'm guessing he's a fan.
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 55 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
"Every great story begins exactly when everything changes for the protagonist. What's past is prologue. All that matters is who they are in the moment: what they believe, what they want, and what they're willing to do to get it." Um, I disagree. There are many great stories when the protagonist lives and grows up in their old world before being thrust into a new one.
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 47 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
"Fears from the Early Days: Monsters in Their Closet
"So much of youth is defined by fear. From the lurking terrors and irrational phobias of infancy to the social terrors of adolescence, fear is a massive driving part of growing up. Eventually you leave them behind, of course, but in some ways, fears linger well in adulthood." Ooh, this sounds like a fun section.
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Samuel Peterson
Samuel Peterson is on page 42 of 304 of The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice, Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
"Regrets and Disappointments
"No childhood is perfect. Every person is defined by their mistakes as their triumphs, and in childhood even more so. Every defeat, failure, and misery is its own chapter in their story, and what they learned (or didn't learn) from these rough patches speaks to who a person is in the present. Whether trivial or life-altering, it's essential to understand the moments that went wrong."
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